Anticipated Barriers to Implementation of Community-Based Rehabilitation in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Regina Celia Fiorati is a Brazilian Occupational Therapist, professor in Occupational Therapy Undergraduate Course of Heath Science Department at the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo - Brazil. She holds a Masters and PhD in Mental Health from the Postgraduate Program in Psychiatric Nursing and Human Sciences at the Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Brazil, and postdoctoral degree in Public Health from the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. Currently, Regina Celia Fiorati is professor, researcher and counselor in the Graduate Programs in Psychiatric Nursing and Human Sciences and the Interunit Program of Doctorate in Nursing and Health Sciences at the Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo.  Her areas of interest are: Mental Health, Public Health, social determinants of health, social vulnerability, psychosocial rehabilitation and community-based rehabilitation, and social inclusion by work and job, qualitative research and critical hermeneutic method of Jürgen Habermas.

Regina Yoneko Dakuzaku Carretta is a Brazilian Occupational Therapist, professor in Occupational Therapy Undergraduate Course of Heath Science Department at the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo - Brazil. She holds a Masters and PhD in the Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering at the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil, in the area of Production Management, which comprises the subarea Institutions, Organisations and Work. The subject researched involved people with disabilities and work. Member of the Coordinating Committee of the multiprofessional residency program in integral health care. Her areas of interest are: Public Health, primary health care, social vulnerability, people with disabilities, psychosocial rehabilitation and community-based rehabilitation, and social inclusion by work and job. 

Occupational therapist graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto at University of São Paulo. Currently she is attending the Multiprofessional Residency in Mental Health with emphasis in Primary Care in the city of Sorocaba - State of São Paulo, Brazil. Her areas of interest are: Public Health, Mental Health, accessibility, people with disabilities, rehabilitation and social vulnerability.

Aline Ferreira Placeres is a Brazilian Occupational Therapist, graduated from University of Araraquara, Brazil. She is a Masters Degree student in Health Sciences from the Nursing School of Ribeirão Preto- University of São Paulo, Brazil. Aline has a postgraduate degree in Physical Rehabilitation from the Multiprofessional Residency Program and Hospital Occupational Therapy from the Improvement Program of the Medical School of São José do Rio Preto, Brazil. Her areas of interest are: rehabilitation; rehabilitation quality improvement; accessibility; social vulnerability;public health; social determinants of health.

Tiago Jesus is a Portuguese Occupational Therapist by training, graduated from Oporto Polytechnic Institute, Portugal. He has a European Ph.D. in Health Psychology from the Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain. Currently, Tiago is an Associate Post-doctoral Fellow at the Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Workforce Policy and Planning, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - NOVA University of Lisbon. His areas of interest, research and publication are: rehabilitation; health policy and systems research; methods research; global health; human resources for health; person-centeredness; and rehabilitation quality improvement.